Your newpany
Our client is a respected UK public sector organisation, with a strong focus onernance, transparency and value for money, the organisation plays a critical role in protectingmunities and delivering essential public services. This is a high‑profile interim opportunity to make a tangible impact across aplex and highly regulated organisation.
Your new role
Operating on a hybrid basis as Interim Procurement Manager, you will provide a first‑class, end‑to‑end procurement andmercial service, ensuring fullpliance with public procurement legislation, internal standing orders and best practice. Reporting to the Head of Procurement, you will lead a small procurement team and act as the organisation’s senior procurement professional.
You will advise senior leaders and budget holders onmissioning strategies, tendering, contract formulation and contract management, while identifying efficiencies, savings and collaborative opportunities with other public sector bodies. The role epasses strategic and operational procurement leadership, supplier relationship management, contracternance and the continuous improvement of procurement policies, systems and controls. You will also oversee the publication of the contracts register, manage key and critical suppliers, and provide expertmercial input into major projects and project boards.
What you’ll need to succeed
To be successful in this interim role, you will bring public sector procurement expertise and a confident, pragmatic approach to stakeholder engagement.
Essential requirements include:
1. MCIPS membership is preferable but not essential
2. Demonstrable equivalent experience within a public sector procurement environment
3. Experience managingplex procurement projects and tender exercises
4. Strongmercial negotiation and contract management experience across the full contract lifecycle
5. Proven ability to analyse spend, develop evaluation methodologies and deliver value for money
6. Working knowledge of UK public procurement legislation and UK contract law
7. Experience developing and implementing procurement strategies, policies and category plans
8. Excellent stakeholder management, influencing andmunication skills, including at senior level
9. Demonstrable leadership and people management capability
What you’ll get in return
You’ll gain a challenging and rewarding interim leadership assignment where your expertise will directly influence organisational performance,ernance and value for money. This role offers the opportunity to lead procurement at a strategic level, work closely with senior stakeholders, and drive meaningfulmercial improvements within a highly visible public service organisation.Interested?
If you are a senior public sector procurement professional available for an interim assignment and ready to make an immediate impact, we’d like to hear from you. Apply now or contact us for a confidential discussion to learn more about this Interim Procurement Manager opportunity. #4796098 - Thomas Frasco